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The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

Monkeypox spreads through prolonged direct contact or large droplets, meaning it is not as transmissible as COVID-19.

Science Explained: What is monkeypox, how is it different from COVID-19?

EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen news editor June 26, 2022

Four people in Washington, all of them in King County, have tested positive for monkeypox, a virus that has been appearing in headlines worldwide since May. However, monkeypox is much less transmissible...

WSU will discontinue personal and philosophical exemption following FDA approval of any one of the COVID-19 vaccines.

WSU plans to remove personal vaccine exemption following FDA approval

ALEXANDRIA OSBORNE, Editor-in-chief August 22, 2021

WSU will remove the personal/philosophical exemption to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine once the vaccine is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Students are now required to be compliant...

Around 90 percent of people on campus need to get vaccinated to achieve some type of herd immunity.

Delta variant poses threat to fall semester

VICTORIA GIOMI, Evergreen reporter July 20, 2021

The newly discovered COVID-19 Delta variant is one of students’ biggest threats as the fall semester approaches.  WSU is taking precautions for another potential outbreak of the virus, with unvaccinated...

It is easy to still not get the correct information about COVID-19, but it is still important to keep social distancing.

OPINION: Don’t relax social distancing rules

JACOB HERSH, Evergreen columnist April 19, 2020

As I write this, I’m thinking about my initial reaction to the coronavirus. I remember thinking, desensitized as a kid by frenzies over new pandemics that ended up fizzling out, that this was not going...

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